Bergamo

Italy

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October 30th 2011
Ten days in September in Italy visiting cities mostly: Bergamo, Florence, Lucca, Rimini, Venice, Trieste, Milan.. Its my first visit, and being nature person I still really appreciated art and civilization i found in that country. Every city has its own spirit, but Florence and Venice especially. Milan was not impressive, except Duomo worth visiting as rest cities had heavy Romanesque buildings ... read more

Europe » Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more